Biography:

Attorney, jurist, writer. Born– July 10, 1867 in Chambers Co., Ala. Parents– William Erasmus Crawford and Emma Jane (Avery) Thomas. Married– Lula Marian McCurdy, June 4, 1891. Children– One. Education– Emory University, A.B. Practiced law, 1888-1902 and 1910-1915; judge City Court of Montgomery, 1902-1910; justice Supreme Court of Alabama, 1915-1945. Member– Child Labor Committee, Alabama Historical Society, American and Alabama Bar Associations, executive committee of Alabama Reform School for Juvenile Negro Delinquents, and Phi Beta Kappa; trustee of Huntingdon College; received several honorary doctorates.

Source:

National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 37; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2.

Publication(s):

Birth and Growth of the Constitution of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1900.

Contemporary Pagan Witness of Early Christians. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1909.

Governor Samford’s Last Christmas; Occasional Poems. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1910.

Jesus Christ and the Commandments. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1910.

The Layman in Religious Life. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1908.

The Negro and Crime. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1912.

The New South–An Inside View. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1908.